The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (44th Congress) · March 31, 1876
Recorded vote
TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION BY ELIMINATING FROM THE PREAMBLE "AND STATE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE", SO AS TO READ "WHEREAS IT IS ALLEGED THAT THE LATE ELECTION IN MISSISSIPPI (IN 1875) FOR MEMBERS OF…
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The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
The people
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
The official record
- This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
The map
How each state's senators voted
In 10 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 18 every one voted no; 4 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
- Washington: no member on this roll call
- Idaho: no member on this roll call
- Montana: no member on this roll call
- North Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (Republican) — NAY
- Newton Booth (Ind. Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Edward English (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Wallace Eaton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Simon Barclay Conover (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Manson Norwood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Grover Wright (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Madison Harvey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John James Ingalls (Republican) — NAY
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Rodman West (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Sewel Boutwell (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Robertson Dennis (Democrat) — YEA
- William Pinkney Whyte (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce (Republican) — NAY
- James Lusk Alcorn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Sharon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Kernan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Roscoe Conkling (Republican) — NAY
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Simon Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Andrew Wallace (Democrat) — YEA
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John James Patterson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Robertson (Republican) — NAY
Tennessee 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David McKendree Key (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Cooper (Democrat) — YEA
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Enoch Withers (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 73 members
Select any member to pull their file.